River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-10

from Canada are TO locate la the towns
OF Jaeksonport and Egg Harhor, near
Sturgeon Bay, during the coming sea-
son. They win engage in farming
The general freight agent of the st.
Paul road was in Oshkosh last week,
and gave it as his opinion that the St.
Paul road would be extended from
Berlin if at all.
Mr.. Rainey, a school teacher at
Ettrick, Trempealeau County, was
lately assaulted by some of his scholars
and seriously injured. The affair is
being Investigated.
Miss Hettie Pierce, daughter of Cap
tain Pierce, of hartford, was secretly
married last November TO Mr.. Lafferty,
of La Crosse, and the wedding was not
made known until few weeks ago.
A dairy board of trade has been or
ganized at Plymouth, and thirty-seyen
factory owners have signed an agree
ment to offer the products of their
factories exclusively on the Plymouth
board.
The opinion is gaining ground in APP
pleton that the verdict of death by sui
eide in the case of John yelling, was
erroneous, and that deceased accident
ally slipped from the platform of the
train near the Northern hospital.
Joe Maines, who is running the
Atlee Lumber company's camp on the
East fork of the Chippewa, has banked
in that stream about 100000 feet of
| logs so far this season. His ham has
beer from five to seven miles.
The Chippewa Herald says that
Brown, Farley & Co., and III. w.
Farley had l. $500, 900 banked at their
| different camps on the Chippewa and
tributaries last Saturday night. They
expect to make it 22,000.00O before
the season is over.
The recent death of j. V. Jones, of
Oshkosh, having left his wife in needy
circumstances, the Odd Fellows of the
| state have resolved to present her with
1000, of which 5000 is already at COM
mani. The fund is to he placed at in
| terest for her.
While engaged in taking down an
| old building on his farm, near Hartford
/ A'itbildNodN iDONlt W 40 tlANlitu DtDtdlIl a
portion of the roof which fell upon him.
| His left leg was broken, and he received
severe internal injuries.
A man giving the name of &. w.
| Morgan has been arrested at La Crosse,
accused of blackmailing pensioners by
representing himself as a special gov
ernment agent to inv estigate fraudu-
lent pension cases. and threatening to
make adverse reports.
For some time past exploring for
iron has gone on in the vicinity of Mont
co, on the Lake shore road, and some
pretty good indications found. Re
Gently the explorers have become salts
fled that they have found the mineral
in paying quantity and quality.
A deed transferring property on which
the Presbyterian church in Green Bay
now stands, bearing date of December.
1S45, and signed by John Jacob Astor,
was found a few days ago among lot
Of worthless papers that were about to
be thrown into an alley in that city.
The new Curran house ut Waupaca
has been wired and lighted throughout
with incandescegt electric lamps;
several of the rooms are furnished with
the combination chandeliers. so that in
ease of accident or necessity, kerosene
lamps can be lighted.
The Pittsville Independent says that
Doud, Son 4 Co., have broken camp,
and are hauling in their furniture.
They have very prosperous seasons
work. and have had got about 100000
feet of logs and 800 cords of stave bolts
piled up in their mill yard.
1t iAestimated that the logging OPP
erations within a radius of twenty miles
about Marshfeld, this season, will re
suit in "a hlrvest of 10Y 900, 900 feet
! There will also be cut on this same ter
ritory 10000 cords of Eastwood and
oak timber for stave bolts and heading
purposes.